Among The Novel

The real reason why Spaniards eat late

Article continues belowIt is 10pm in the Madrid neighbourhood of La Latina, one of the city’s oldest...

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Cristela Alonzo wants adults to get 'dirty' in her new show, but not how you think

More than seven years after becoming the first Latina to create, produce, write and star in her own prime...

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North Macedonia’s top-secret pearls

Straddling the border of North Macedonia and Albania, Lake Ohrid is one of the oldest and deepest lakes...

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Turkey’s unique hand-sanitising method

(This year, we published many inspiring and amazing stories that made us fall in love with the world...

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What can Poland teach us about freedom?

Article continues belowIn the old dockland area of Gdańsk, Poland, a fair walk from the attractive t...

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A revival of Indigenous throat singing

50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021Why do you love the world?"Because of all of our differences. We each...

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Japan’s most remote onsen

Perched beside the Kurobe River deep in the Japanese Alps, the small, milky-blue hot spring I was about...

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Piplantri: The Indian village where girls rule

50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021Why do you love the world?“Because the more we protect the enviro...

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Is the Switch to Organic Soybeans Possible?

Soybeans first appeared on the world stage when Chinese farmers began cultivating them around 1100 B...

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The man preserving endangered colours

Back home in the village of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico, Porfirio Gutiérrez is referred to b...

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What is ESP?

Extrasensory perception (ESP) is an unproven paranormal phenomenon in which people allegedly receive...

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Trang: the Thai city obsessed with breakfast

It was almost midnight in the southern Thai city of Trang, and I was staring into an oven the size of...

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Russia’s mysterious ‘City of the Dead’

Just outside the remote Russian village of Dargavs lies a medieval necropolis fittingly called the “...

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Where people go to bars to drink milk

50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021Why do you love the world?“Because I am a devoted Muslim and our...

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Dolly Parton responds to Lil Nas X's cover of 'Jolene' in the best way

Country star and gay icon Dolly Parton responded to rapper Lil Nas X's recent cover of her 1974 hit ...

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Disaster Tourists Are Flocking to Chernobyl, Thanks to HBO Series

The success of HBO's dramatic series "Chernobyl" seems to have boosted the region's tourism industry...

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The unlikely sausage that saved lives

Article continues belowIn Manteigaria Silva , one of Lisbon’s oldest delis, not much has changed sin...

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Is the world ready for this Palestinian dish?

Palestinian cuisine is having a moment. There’s a wave of new cookbooks, such as Zaitoun: Recipes an...

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The woman defying tradition with pistachios

“You hear that sound?” asked Mariannina Basile, shaking a few nuts. “They should sound like a maraca...

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The Venezuelan village that refused to be bought

For one of Venezuela’s remote indigenous communities, sustainability trumps material gain. Amid the...

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